The Phantom Baron

Synopsis

Elfy, Countess of Saint-Hélié's daughter, was brought up with her foster sister Anne, in an old dilapidated castle whose landlord, Baron Julius Carol, disappeared mysteriously some day. The two girls had a playmate, Hervé, the son of the gamekeeper. Now that they are adult, Anne is in love with Hervé while Elfy thinks she loves the young man. One day, the baron's mummified body is found in an oubliette and the secret of the estate is revealed...

Top cast

André Lefaur

Eustache Dauphin dit Monseigneur, le faux Louis XVII

Odette Joyeux

Elfy

Jany Holt

Anne

Alain Cuny

Hervé

Jean Cocteau

Le baron Julius Carol - le baron fantôme

Gabrielle Dorziat

La comtesse de Saint-Helie

André Alerme

Le colonel

Aimé Clariond

L'évêque

Marguerite Pierry

Fébronie Dauphin

Claude Sainval

Albéric de Marignac